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Sunday, 19 May 2019

I have had a lovely day at Quilts UK, Malvern Show 2019 organised by Grosvenor Shows. Over the past few months it feels as if I have been very busy working on quilts for this show and it was lovely to see them again, finished and with the binding on them, once they had passed through my hands for longarm quilting.

'Sunburst' LW05 by Carol Allen, quilted by Frances Meredith

Firstly, here is Carol's 'Sunburst' quilt which received the Award for Piecing and a Judges Merit rosette.

'Dresden Plate' Charity / Fundraising Quilt by Lydney Quilters

This Charity / Fundraising quilt by Lydney Quilters won first place and a silver cup. I stitched one of the Dresden plates and did the custom quilting. This quilt will be raffled at their exhibition 15th-16th June 2019.

Thursday, 16 May 2019

Would you like to have the chance of winning this quilt? If you are attending Quilts UK this weekend you will see this quilt on display as part of the Charity Fundraising Category, where I am pleased to say it has won 1st prize! I have had the pleasure of being part of this Dresden Quilt through making one of the blocks and doing the longarm quilting for it. With a large white border I could not resist test running a fancy feather border.

'Dresden Quilt' made by Lydney Quilters

Lydney Quilters meet monthly and will be having their exhibition on 15th-16th June 2019 at the Masonic Hall, Highfield Road, Lydney, GL15 4LH, UK, where this quilt will be on display and you will be able to purchase raffle tickets for £1.00 each. The money raised will go towards supporting Lydney Hospital and the Victoria Centre in Lydney.

Monday, 29 April 2019

I just had to share this quilt with you today. This quilt was a Block of the Month (BOM) offered by the Antique Angel Quilt shop several years ago. It was made with Japanese cotton fabrics which have a deeper texture than normal quilting cotton. Oh my, when it was quilted the texture came up beautifully and it was mesmerising to watch it stitch out.

'Bird's Eye View' digital pantograph designed by Barbara Becker

My initial thoughts when presented with an appliqued quilt is to custom quilt it it, but on this occasion the right thread and the right pattern did the trick. The pattern is 'Bird's Eye View' designed by Barbara Becker, the thread was Glide Husky. The result was stunning.

Friday, 26 April 2019

The first few month of 2019 have been very busy here at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting and I can't believe that it will be May next week. Recently, Lorna brought me this Jelly Roll quilt for quilting. The pattern is 'Hexagon Garden' and is a pattern by Pam and Nicky Lintott. As I add new digital quilting patterns to my collection, I m always keen to see them stitched out and Lorna gave me the chance to see' Bubbles' for the first time. You can see more of the patterns that I have available on my Pinterest Page.

In the past I have managed to take part in several of Bonnie Hunter's annual Mystery Quilts. You won't see one from me this year, but Eirwen has completed her 2018 'Good Fortune' Mystery quilt and did a great job at using up her scraps at the same time.

Trying to find a thread colour which will look good with red, orange, blue, green and cream is a tricky decision. As I have built up my experience, I have found that green threads tend to blend well with many colours and are great on a scrappy quilt. On this occasion I used Celery Glide thread. I understand that the quilting pattern Bonnie Hunter used on her Good Fortune Mystery quilt was 'Arcadia', which is the pattern we used also, which you can see below.

'Arcadia' digital quilting pattern, designed by Patricia Ritter

I don't think this will be the last 'Good Fortune' quilt I will be quilting.

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

This is the 'Curves Not Curves' quilt which Mairi has made for her daughter. It is one of those quilts which has the optical illusion of curves, but is actually made up from squares and triangles, hence the name. I love her fresh choice of colours, mainly Kaffe Fassett blues and greens along with a vast selection of different modern neutrals.

'Curves not Curves' quilt made by Mairi

Mairi is one of my postal customers and used my Pinterest Pattern catalogue to choose a digital pattern for her quilt. On this occasion she chose 'Fluffy Clouds'.